Good luck to all of the Hatteras Village Invitational Surf Fishing Tournament entrants on Friday, September 8. The 40th anniversary of the Mountains To Sea Trail is Saturday, September 9. Superintendent Hallac is planning to hike the Open Ponds Trail starting at 8:00 a.m. All are welcome to join the Superintendent on the 4.6 mile […]
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Construction is steadily moving along on two of the three new bridges for Hatteras Island, and plans are in the works to have the new temporary bridge at the Pea Island Inlet completed by mid-October. “The contractor [for the temporary inlet bridge] made some remarkable progress since this past winter, and we are hoping to […]
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September 7, 1931 – September 5, 2017 PastorDelia “Faye” Ballance of Dover, Delaware went home to be with her Lordat home surrounded by her family on Tuesday, September 5, 2017. Faye was born September 7, 1931, in the town of Avon, NC to the lateEugene and Lovie Gray. Atthe age of seventeen, she married the love […]
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Hurricane Irma has been making national headlines as it continues its slow track westward towards the Caribbean islands and Puerto Rico. Upgraded to a Category 5 storm on Tuesday morning, Irma appeared on track to connect with Florida at some point in the next five days. While it is far too early to determine what […]
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On Tuesday, September 5, the Island Free Press officially marked its 10-year anniversary as the “up to date and down to earth” news source for Hatteras and Ocracoke islands. Started by founders Irene Nolan and Donna Barnett in 2007, the online paper originated as an effort to post essential news stories as soon as they […]
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October 18, 1943 – September 3, 2017 BUXTON– Rose Marie Waterfield Ballance, 73, of Buxton, NC died Sunday,September 3, 2017, at her home. Born October 18, 1943, in PowellsPoint, she was the daughter of the late Lila Mae Daniels Waterfield andWilbur Eris Waterfield. In addition to her parents, Rose was preceded in death by her […]
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By JOY CRIST Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands have certainly had a number of big projects in the works lately. There?s the new passenger ferry to Ocracoke Island, the proposed multi-use path in Hatteras village, the dredging of Hatteras Inlet and of course, the Bonner Bridge replacement ? which seems to grow in scale with every […]
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Saturn is the 6th furthest planet from the sun. It’s about 10 times further from the sun then we are. It takes over 29 years to orbit the sun. Saturn has 62 known moons. Saturn is composed of mostly hydrogen and helium and is about 9 times the size of Earth. What to Look for […]
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With the peak of hurricane season upon us, the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Division of Aviation is teaming up with the Highway Division 1 Office to bring a new tool to natural disaster response efforts along the Outer Banks: Drones. Recently, a team from the DOA Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Program Office collaborated with […]
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Cape Hatteras National Seashore continues to urge visitors to use caution and to be mindful of tides when attempting to access the sandbar, commonly referred to as Shelly Island, near the tip of Cape Point in Buxton, North Carolina. Due to larger swells, higher tides, and increased rip current threats from recent weather events, there […]
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